As the name suggests,
technology information forecasting and assessment council (TIFAC)
compiles and disseminates scientific and technical information running
into thousands and thousand pages. Before VirtualSoft entered the
picture, clients were sent printed reports. These arrived by snail
post, torn and dog eared. A month would lapse between request and
delivery, often the print quality was poor. Readers had to wait through
miles of illegible print in order to find a paragraph of interest
and relevance. These problems were overcome in one technological stroke:
Interactive web enabled CD-ROMS by VirtualSoft VirtualSoft digitalized
14000 pages of text and tables under various heads: Food and Agriculture,
Health and so on. Each report is compressed into slim CD; the information
is easy to access, navigate and read. The VirtualSoft solution has
taken TIFAC a step closer to its long term objective: Technology Vision
2020.